Combined shipping and display case.



P. M. KENIG.

COMBINED SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CASE.

' APPLICATION FILED sEPT.1a. 1916.

1,285,152 1 D Patented July 31, 1917.

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PAUL 2M, lziEltlG. E? .#'LASCADEEQ CALIFORNIA.

COMBINED SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed September 13, 1916. Serial No. 119,990.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, PAUL M. Komme, a citizen of the United States,residing at Atascadero, in the county of San Luis Obispo and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Combined Shipping and DisplayOase, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to rovide a shipping case for the use of seeen and other dealers in goods that are put up in more or less uniformackets such as for instance packets of gar en and i'iower seeds, and anobject of the invention is to provide a shipping oase for suoli packets,in which the packets may be packed when the case is open and in whichthey may be inclosed for transportation and may afterward be exhibitedin a manner attractive to the customer and convenient for the dealerwhen the case has again been opened.

The invention comprises a hollow base having a slotted side and aslotted cover,

ythe slots of which register with each other,

an adjustable section or tray pivoted to said base and adapted to bebrought into various angular relations to the top of the base andprovided with receptacles open on one side and adapted to form separatedisplay containers, and in carrying out the invention I have constructedsaid tray with slot-ted partitions arranged parallel to the base andwith partition slats extending through the slots of the slottedpartitions and extending into or working in slots in the top and in therear wall of the base. I have also pivoted the slotted partitions in theadjustable section so that they may be adjusted to different angularrelations to the base and to the walls of the adjustable section.

The adjustable section is also provided with means whereby it may besupported aslant relative to the base when the case y is open andadjusted to favorably display Figure 1 is a perspective view of thecombined shipping and display case in display position, the cover beingomitted.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the case as shown in Fig. 1. Line.r2-w3, Fig. l, indicates the line of section.

Fig. 3 is a section of the closed shipping case on line {c2-:03, Fig.Il.

Fig. 11 is a section on line mt, Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental sectional detail analogous to Fig. 1 showing aconcealed pivot arrangement.

Arrows on the section lines indicate the direction of sight in thesectional views indicated by such lines.

The base 1 may be constructed of boards, shocks or anyother firm strongsheet material adapted for making boxes and cabinets and comprises abottom 9., front wall 3, slotted rear wall 4, end walls 5, cleats 6 onsaid end walls, a movable base top 7 mounted on said cleats and flushwith the top of the four walls of the base. The rear wall 4 and the top7 are Provided with registering Slat-receiving slots 8, 9. A tray 10comprising a bottom 11, side walls 12, end wall 13 and slottedpartitions la is mounted outside of the base, and is pivoted by pivots15 to the end walls 5 of the base; the side walls 12 of the tray beingspaced apart and extended beyond the tray bottom 11 to embrace the endwalls of the base. The extensions 16 of the sides of the tray arepivoted to the end walls 5 of the base by pivots 15 which may be screwsaxially alined and connecting the base and the side extensions of thetray. By inserting the screws so that their heads 17 are on the innerside of the base, as in Fig. `5, the pivots are concealed from view.

The tray is provided with partitions 14e arranged parallel to the pivotaxis and fastened to the side walls of the tray by means of pivots 1Swhich are arranged co-axially with each other and parallel to the baseso that the partitions may be brought into different angular positionsrelative to the bottom 11 of the tray. A removable cover 19 is fitted tothe top of the base and tray when said base and tray are extended infiat position. The bottom 11 of the tray abuts against the rear wall 4of the base when the tray and base are extended in the same plane, andmeans as indicated by the screws 2O are provided to hold the 'cover 19on the base and tray, thus to hold base and tra.;T in rigid relation toeach other to const'tui a shipping case.

rhe transverse partitions 1l are provided with slot-s 21 `alined withthe slots 8 and 9. Slats Q2 fastened by any suitable means as tacks Q3driven through flanges 2l into end Wall 13 of the tray. extend throughthe slots 21, and through slots 8 and 9. lSaid slot-ted partitionsextend betvveen the side Walls of the trayT and are in pivotal relationto the base and to the tray side Walls 12, so thaA when the cover 19 isremoved the tra-y can be raised to a slanting position and thepartitions 1d may be adjusted to dinerent anglee and inclinations tohold the packets in a desired position for display.

Y The base is hollow and the base top 7 is loose and easily removed sothat a reserve store oi seed pacrets or other goods may be containedtherein and concealed While Vthe other packets are displayed.

Supporting: means as the brace or prop 25 having a pivot Q5 temporarilyengaged With the bottom 11 by suitable means as the screw eye 26, isprovided to support the tray aslant as shown in Fig. 2.

The ends of the extensions 1G are oblique to the edges thereof and thelower corner 16 thereof is near to the pivot 1o so that said cornervvill escape aniv7 dat surface oi the support upon which the case maystand, thus allowing the tray to be elevated to slanting position. Thetips 16" ot said ein tensions are adapted to impinge upon suchsupporting surface when the tray is thus aslant so that the brace Q5 maymeet hrm resistance and the display case thus be drin and rigid When inthe position shown in Fig. 2.

The tips 16" and the foot ot the prop 25 cooperate as a tripod to givestable support to the tra;7 on a dat surface or on an irregir larsurface that mayT be practicable as support for the case and said footmagVT be Vmade more or less pointed as may be deemed de sirable.

A vacant chamber QSis provided aboveV the bottom 11 and between theloivi."1 1iartition le and the rear ivall d oi the hase to receive thebrace Q5 when the case is packed and` before the cover is applied.

The slats 22 are narrower than the slots 21 so as to allovv thepartitions 14e to roclr on the pivots.

i stop 27 is red to the end ot the bottom 11 and serves to reinforcesaid. end where it abuts against the end vvall `t ot the base.

ln practical use the traiVT ivill be pached With the goods While in thefiat position shown in Figs. :3 and 11, the cover 19 and the base top 7being removed. rilien the brace 25 Will be stored in the chamber 28 andthe top 7 and the cover 19 will be applied and '1 the cover fastened inplace by the screws 2 a removable cover rpor the tray and base,`

and means to detachablyl fasten the cover in place to hold the trayv andbase in rigid relation to each othenf ln a displayr case the combinationvvith a base, of a tray'pivoted to the base outsideV thereof andextending therefrom, a cover, and means to detachably tasten the coverin closing position on the base and trav 3. A combined shipping anddisplay case comprising a base, a. tra;T pivoted to the base andprovided ivith partitionsarranged parallel to the pivot axis, covermeans adapted to nt on the trag7 and base to hold them in rigid relationto each other, and nreans to tasten said cover means on said trav andbase.V

f-i. fr combined shipping and displajyT case comprising a base, a traypivoted to the base and provided ivith partitions pivoted tothe tray bypivots that are parallel to the pivot anisj cover means adapted to t onthe trayv and base to hold them in rigid relation to each other., andmeans to fasten said cover means on said tray and base.

5. i combined shipping and display case comprising; a base providedivith slots in its top and one side, a tragT pivoted to the base andprovided. with slotted partitions paral- Y lel to the pivot airis.. andslat means entending through the slots of said partitions, Wall and top.

6. r-i combined shipping,` and displayoase comprising base provided withslots in its top and one side, a trag,T pivoted to the base and provided.with slotted partitions parallel to the pivot anis7 slat meansextending through the slots ot the partitions and through the slots otsaid rvall and top ot the base, a cover for the tray and base, and meansto temperarilgr lasten the cover on the traiVT and base to hold thesaine in rigid relation with each other when ythe case is used forshipping.

7. [i shipping` caseV comprising,` a base; a tray provided Withextensions pivoted to the base provided with a tip to inipinge upon aysupporting surface when the tray is aslant; a removable cover for thetray7 and base; means to detachably tasten the cover in place to holdthe tray and base in rigid relation to each other and a detachable braceto support the tray aslant with said tip impinging upon the surface onwhich the base may stand.

8. In a display oase the combination with a base of a tray havingextensions pivoted to the base, and provided with a tip to impinge on asupporting' surface;y and means to support the tray asl'ant with the tipimpinging on the surface on which the base may stand.

9. A combined shipping and display case comprising a base, a traypivoted to the hase and provided with partitions arranged parallel tothe pivot axis; a cover adapted to lit on the tray and base to hold themin rigid relationto each other; means to fasten the cover on the trayand base, and a detacha-ble prop for the tray; there being a Vacantspace in the tray below the lower partition to store the prop when it isdetachedV and the cover is in place.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Atascadero,California, this 25 6th day of September 1916.

PAUL M. KOENIG.

Vitness ORRIN SLOAN.

Gopl @d this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

